Estuary (pavilion for MOAD) » Rafael Domenech

MOAD MDC Vivian Vo Photography-9222

MOAD MDC Vivian Vo Photography-9199

MOAD MDC Vivian Vo Photography-9195

MOAD MDC Vivian Vo Photography-9190

DJI_0099_FInal

DJI_0091_Final

DJI_0081_FInal

DJI_0065_FInal

DJI_0038_FInal

DJI_0005_FInal

DJI_0002_FInal

_ZEB1662_FInal

_ZEB1630_FInal

_ZEB1620_Final

_ZEB1607_FInal

_ZEB1579_Final

_ZEB1566_Final

_ZEB1536_Final

_ZEB1500_FInal

_ZEB1469_FInal

Rafael Domenech: Estuary [Pavilion for MOAD]

Estuary [Pavilion for MOAD], a work by Rafael Domenech, functions on multiple levels—as a public sculpture, a reflection on the written word, a platform for live performances and public gatherings, and a meditative environment. Estuary is made from everyday construction materials, such as aluminum framing, and can mutate into a variety of distinct spatial configurations. Large panels or “pages” of construction mesh feature laser-cut texts that will change throughout the duration of the project.

Domenech’s artistic practice investigates notions of architecture and urban design, public gathering spaces, and publishing methodologies. He refers to his works as “publications,” and they take the form of pavilions, installations, and public programs, as well as experimental publications. The artist’s spatial interventions intersect publishing methodologies such as cutting, redacting, revising, and circulation as research tactics to amplify his interest in the exhibition model as an active machine for production rather than a repository space.

Commissioned by the Museum of Art and Design, Estuary was inaugurated at Kyriakides Plaza on the MDC Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami to coincide with the 39^th Miami Book Fair. The artist reconfigured the work for its second installation at Fred Shaw Memorial Plaza on MDC’s Kendall Campus.

Estuary [Pavilion for MOAD] is the second iteration of MOAD Projects, a new series of exhibitions that features work by Miami-based artists, including distinguished Miami Dade College and New World School of the Arts alumni and faculty. MOAD Projects provides a platform for local artists to realize new projects or exhibit recent bodies of work, as well as for investigations of understudied historical developments in Miami’s cultural past. MOAD Projects expands upon the swing/SPACE/Miami alumni exhibition series that began in 2013.

This exhibition is curated by Isabela Villanueva, MOAD’s Consulting Curator, and is made possible by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.